Van Pareen, Elmarie (2002) The role of the educational psychologist in the emotional and social rehabilitation of the traumatic brain injured adolescent, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1546>

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http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1546

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This research study consisted of an examination of the role played by the educational psychologist in the emotional and social rehabilitation of the TBI adolescent. A survey of the literature reveals that traumatic brain injury during adolescence negatively impacts on their adaptation, development and functioning after the acute phase of the rehabilitation process. In order to study this phenomenon, a psycho-educational perspective was utilised. An in-depth qualitative study was undertaken by means of a case study design. The two cases being presented offers the reader insight into the cases pre-morbid functioning, the accident and its aftermath, the specific traumatic brain injuries, the emotional and social problems encountered by these adolescents as well as the psychotherapeutic interventions applied by the educational psychologist in the rehabilitation process of the cases under investigation. The conclusions reached from this investigation were that traumatic brain injury during the developmental phase of adolescence, negatively impacts on the emotional and social well being of these adolescents, and that the educational psychologist plays a valuable role in the emotional and social rehabilitation of these adolescents.

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1 online resource (x, 168 leaves)

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Adolescent traumatic brain injury

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TBI

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Emotional deficits

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Social deficits

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Rehabilitation process

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Psychotherapeutic intervention

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Educational psychologist

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Brain structure

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617.48103

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Brain damage -- Patients -- Rehabilitation

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Brain-damaged children -- Rehabilitation

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Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Rehabilitation

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Educational psychologists

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Educational psychology

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The role of the educational psychologist in the emotional and social rehabilitation of the traumatic brain injured adolescent